Where does “riviera” come from?
riviera (English) comes from Italian riviera, from Old French riviere, from Latin rīpāria, from Latin rīpārius, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Italic reipā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂.
riviera (English): Any coastal area popular with tourists
Definitions
- Any coastal area popular with tourists
Ancestry of “riviera”, step by step